disregard this message. Upon further examination, my INBOX file was hosed. JM> did a cvs a hour or so ago.... JM> now when i start vm, my buffer is truncated. I won't guarantee it but JM> i think it is truncatating at the first message to send it into the JM> "buffer to large to font lock" situation. JM> the last msg i see is dated march 10 or so.... when i know for a fact JM> there are messages there which have arrived today. JM> i tried compiling with out widgets bug still get the same error...... JM> i think it's been roughtly a week or so since i updated at tried JM> running with changes...... if that helps. JM> i realize this is a crappy erro message but i have been up way too JM> long.......... JM> jeff